Leonid Utyosov
Acting·March 21, 1895·† March 9, 1982 — 86 years old·Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utesov (Russian: Леони́д О́сипович Утёсов); real name Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (Russian: Ла́зарь (Ле́йзер) Ио́сифович Вайсбе́йн) (21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1895, Odessa – 9 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet jazz singer and comic actor of Jewish origin, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.
Known For
Jolly Fellows
1934·6.4
Variety Stars
1954·6.5
The Career of Spirka Shpandyr
1926·5.5
Memories of the "Cow March"
1991·7.0
How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!
1991·8.0
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
1976·8.0
Arkadiy Raykin
1975·10.0
Мелодии Дунаевского
1963·6.0
You Can't Cross the Bridge
1960·7.0
Concert for the Front
1942·10.0
Concert on the Screen
1940·8.0
The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt
1917·9.0
Filmography · 16
2015Легенды музыкиTVSelf (archive footage)1991Memories of the "Cow March"(archive footage)1991How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!archiveFootage1983I Am Returning Your Portraithimself (archive)1982Old RecordArchive voice footage1976Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great LifeHimself1975Arkadiy RaykinSelf1963Мелодии Дунаевского1960You Can't Cross the BridgeConductor1954Variety Stars1942Concert for the FrontSelf1940Concert on the Screen1934Jolly FellowsKostya Potekhin1926The Career of Spirka ShpandyrSpirka Shpandyr1926ЧужиеRed soldier Egorov1917The Life and Death of Lieutenant SchmidtZarudniy